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Homeschool Made Simple — 319 episodes

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322: Finding a Fresh Perspective About Homeschooling Brings Life

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321: Cultivating Beauty and Creativity in Everyday Life Part 2

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320: Expats Homeschooling In Italy Part 1

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319: Raising Healthy Kids at Home: Nutrition, Sleep, and Faith with Dr. Bill Sears, Part 3

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318: Finding Joy in Homeschooling a Child with Special Needs

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317: Trusting the Family Educational Process For the Long-Haul in Homeschooling

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316: Create a Rich Homeschool Through Connection, Consistency, and Carole Joy Seid’s Method

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315: Trusting God and Homeschooling Through Unexpected Difficulties

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314: Great Books to Relearn American History as a Parent

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313: Thriving Teen Boys: Homeschooling with Strong Parent-Child Relationships

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312: Transitioning Your Teenaged Girls From Childhood to Adulthood

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311: Older Children and the Power of the Family with Dr. Sears, Part 2

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310: Attachment from the Womb: Dr. Sears’ Advice for Young Families, Part 1

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309: Managing Large Homeschool Families with Joy and Flexibility

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308: Fostering a Grace-Filled Educational Balance Through Work, Study, and Service

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307: Building a Love for Reading in Our Children

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306: “I Read More Books in One Year Than My Entire Life”

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305: Don’t Outsource High School! Build a Biblical Foundation and Launch Strong (Part 5 of 5)

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304: Shaping Character and Faith During the Transitional Middle School Years (Part 4 of 5)

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303: When and How to Turn Up Academic Rigor- Homeschooling Elementary Children (Part 3 of 5)

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302: Is There Such a Thing as Too Early? Homeschooling Preschool-Aged Children (Part 2 of 5)

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301: What Exactly Is The Homeschool Made Simple Approach? (Part 1 of 5)

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300: Homeschooling to Higher Education: A Success Story

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299: Confident Kids, Critical Thinkers: How Homeschooling Transformed the Cavin Family

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298: Is There A “Right” Way to Homeschool?

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297: Spiritual Formation and Intellectual Curiosity- Lessons from C.S. Lewis

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296: Snuggle In for a Family Read-Aloud, Papa Panov’s Special Day

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295: Having a Mentor Can Make All the Difference in Homeschooling

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294: Cozy Up with Carole’s Christmas Classics

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293: Discovering Jesus Through the Lives of Christians Who Came Before Us with Dr. Lyle Dorsett

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292: Make Christmas Richer with Books, Experiences, and Service

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291: Homeschool Made Simple’s Next Chapter

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290: Homeschool Moms CAN Make Time to Read For Themselves Every Day

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289: Homeschooling Q&A: Dad Participation, Little Kid Distractions, and Navigating Screens

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288: When 'I'm Bored' Becomes a Good Thing

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287: Reading the Classics with Christian Eyes in Our Modern World

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286: Why Author Elizabeth Goudge Belongs on Your Family Bookshelf

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285: Building Community and Contentment: Wendell Berry’s Books

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284: Building Strong Memories Through Shared Bedtime Stories

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283: The Impact of AI on Learning and Literature: Concerns and Guardrails for Families

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282: Must-Read Books for Boys and Equipping Books For Their Parents

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281: The Miraculous Power and Science of Reading Aloud

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280: Why Outdoor Play and Strength Challenges Are Both Needed to Grow Strong Kids

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279: Treasures of the Snow and Beyond: The Gift of Patricia St. John's Stories

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278: Simple, Affordable Nature and Life Skill Projects with Curiosity Untamed’s Badge System

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277: What’s On My Nightstand: Inspiring Books For You and Your Family

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276: Why Your Family Needs Your Local Church to Be a Priority

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275: Encouraging Work, Reading Widely, and Other FAQs

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274: Starting to Homeschool? Practical Steps to Planning Your Year & Daily Routine

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273: How Dorothy Moore’s Practical Approach Transforms Homeschooling for Families

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272: Why Do You Homeschool? The Real Benefits For Your Family

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271: Transforming Your Home with a Loving Presence and Encouraging Words

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270: The Gift of Margin When Life Feels Like Chaos

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269: Home Anchors a Preschool Child’s Growth Through Intentional Rhythms

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268: Homeschooling with Books Really Works with Veteran Jennifer Stowe

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267: Embrace Simplicity to Build Strong Families

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266: "Tradition is a Bridge to the Past, a Foundation for the Future.” With Leila Lawler

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265: Exploring the Globe Simply with Literature

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264: Cultivating a Love of Reading with Classics and Trusted Authors with Jan Bloom

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263: Discovering Living Books: Jan Bloom’s Journey to Building a Rich Library

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262: Why Literature and Being a Well-Read Mom Matters

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261: Why You Don’t Need to Worry About Socialization

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260: Why Waiting Can Benefit Your Child's Learning Journey

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259: Why Breastfeeding Is Worth Pursuing Even While Homeschooling

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258: Nurturing Strong Bonds From Birth: Breastfeeding and Beyond

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257: Following the Lord In Our Marriages

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256: Becoming a Screen-Free Family

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255: How Homeschooling Transformed Learning for a Special Needs Child

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254: Homemaking and Finding Joy in Everyday Tasks with Your Kids

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253: Standardized Tests and Homeschooling Q & A

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252: Nature Study Made Simple by Encouraging Curiosity and Awe with Eryn Lynum

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251: Nurture Faith and Curiosity with Nature-Focused Learning

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250: Character Development is at the Heart of Homeschool Made Simple

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249: Preserving Great Literature with Private Lending Libraries

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248: What Did I Get Us Into? Curriculum Regrets and Learning From Your Mistakes

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247: No Two Families Are Alike- Diversity and Fostering Our God-Given Purpose

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246: Why Your Presence Matters the Most in Homeschooling

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245: The Crucial Role of Dads in Homeschooling, Part 2

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244: The Crucial Role of Dads in Homeschooling, Part 1

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243: Flexible, Freedom-Loving Homeschool with the Reyna Family

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242: Homeschooling For the Win! with the Barba Family

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241: From Law School to Homeschooling: The Barba Family's Story

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240: Nightly Family Reading for Building Memories, Imaginations, and a Calming Routine

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239: Can You Use the Homeschool Made Simple Method with A Large Family?

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238: Discipling Our Children in a Social Media Culture

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237: Discipling Our Kids Through Faith and Cultural Questions

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236: Guiding Our Children Through Gender Issues: Biblical Insights and Practical Advice for Parents

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235: God’s Way is Always Best with Jani Ortlund

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234: Teaching Children God's Design for Sex with Dr. Stanton and Brenna Jones

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233: Embracing Individuality in Homeschooling with Adeline Beck

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232: Laying a Good Foundation for Your Homeschool

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231: Influential Books That Shaped a Generation of Homeschooling Educators

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230: Carole’s Educational Journey Takes a 180 Degree Turn

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229: Bored of Education, Part 2: Embrace the Strengths of Homeschooling Wherever You Are

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228: Bored of Education, Part 1: Real-Life Learning

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227: Homeschooling in a Family with a Wide Age Gap with Rachel Reeves

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226: Our Favorite Books: Most Recent Reads to Add to Your List

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225: Important Scriptures to our Faith for Homeschooling and Family Life

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224: Homeschooling Q&A: Spelling, Legal Protection, and Late Bloomers

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223: Finding Rest in God and Nurturing Our Children's Faith

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222: Setting Realistic Expectations for Your Homeschool Year

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221: Deschooling: Breaking Free of the School-at-Home Model

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220: Unschooling, Co-ops, and Community Q&A

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219: Creating Restful Rhythms for Homeschooling Families With A Sabbath

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218: Getting on the Same Page: Navigating Educational Decisions with Your Spouse

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217: Simplify Food Prep with Batch Cooking

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216: Homeschooling High Schoolers: Building a Biblical Worldview for Life

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215: Homeschooling Middle Schoolers: Our Philosophy on Growing Independent Learners

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214: Homeschooling Elementary-Aged Children: A Better Late than Early Philosophy of Education

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213: Homeschooling Preschool-Aged Children: Our Philosophy of Education

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212: Homeschool Made Simple Educational Philosophy in a Nutshell

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211: Classic Films for Family Movie Nights

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210: Celebrating the Magic of Lois Lenski's Stories in Children's Literature

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209: The Best Books for Children

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208: Bringing Peace to Your Homeschool Experience | The Story of Connie and Her Daughter, Ashley

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207: Connecting with Your Kids through Nature with Greta Eskridge

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206: Top Movies for Family Movie Night

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205: What's on Carole's Nightstand - Church History for Children, Inspiring True Story Picture Books, & More

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204: Two Teens' Wilderness Experience at Coldwater Foundation

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203: Giving Kids Transformative Outdoor Experiences with Coldwater Foundation

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202: How to Naturally Share Your Faith with Dr. Jerry Root

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201: History Can Be Fun!

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200: The Magic of Boredom, Nature, and Work with J.J. Seid

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199: What's on Carole's Nightstand - WWII, Immigrant Experiences, & More

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198: Family-Friendly Movies Based on Great Books

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197: Taking Care of Ourselves | Lauren Wilson of Olive Tree Pilates and Wellness

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196: Listening to God in Daily Prayer and Bible Reading

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195: Carole's Favorite Resources for Daily Bible Reading

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194: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction with Parents of 8 | Dan and Kara Beck

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193: Homeschooling for the Long Haul with Parents of 8 | Dan & Kara Beck

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192: A Christmas Read Aloud with Carole Joy Seid | Papa Panov's Special Day

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191: Building a Home Library of Timeless Tales and Living Literature | Chelsea of the Yellow House Story Shoppe

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190: The Road to Jericho with Betsy Hake

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189: God Uses Hard Things

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188: Our Favorite Resource for Teaching Math | Math It is Back!

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187: Homeschooling Through the Holidays with Mom of Eight, Sonya Manson

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186: Being Equipped to Educate Your Children

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185: How to Make Your Child a Lover of Music

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184: Making Your Child a Lover of Art

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183: Introducing Children to Fine Art with Russ Ramsey

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182: Rembrandt is in the Wind with Russ Ramsey

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181: Q&A - Encouraging Cheerful Work, Testing for Progress, and Reading Widely with J. J. Seid

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180: The Story of Pandora's Box Read Aloud by Carole Joy Seid

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179: From Public School to Homeschooling

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178: What's On My Nightstand - Biographies, Novels, and Histories

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177: From Homeschooling to Standing Firm in the Faith at Cornell University with Joaquin Arroyo

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176: From Homeschooler to Rhodes Scholar at Oxford with Vidal Arroyo

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175: The Gift of Learning from Parents and Forming Strong Family Bonds with Natalia Barba

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174: Allowing Your Child to Pursue Their Own Interests

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173: How Homeschooling Changed His Educational Path with Luciano Arroyo

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172: Knowing Your Children, Bible College, and the Essentials of Homeschooling with Sienna DeMoss

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171: A College Girl Reminisces About Her Education

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170: How to Make Your Child a Lover of Books

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169: Q&A on Unplugging Kids and Tips for Daily Rest Time

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168: Being Present in Your Children's Lives

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167: A Truly Customizable Education

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166: A Dad's Role in Homeschooling with J. J. Seid (Part 2)

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165: A Dad’s Role in Homeschooling with J.J. Seid (Part 1)

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164: Creating Communities of Endurance with J.J. Seid

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163: Q&A on Library Minefields, An Only Child, and Having What It Takes to Homeschool

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162: A Woman Who Never Missed A Gospel Opportunity

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161: A Woman of the Word and Prayer

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160: A Woman Who Trusted God No Matter What

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159: A Woman Who Represented the Lord with Excellence

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158: A Woman Who Did Everything with Beauty

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157: Homemaking While Homeschooling

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156: Chuck Smith: My First Pastor

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155: The Chuck Smith Story

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154: Questions About Reading

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153: The Innocence of Lois Lenski

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152: Hearing God's Voice

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151: Cultivating a Sanctified Imagination

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150: What’s on My Nightstand - Minimalism & Rest

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149: On Being Parental with Rachel Reeves

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148: Nurturing the Creative Child with Gillian Ruch

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147: Modern Day Missionaries

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146: Why Homeschool? with J.J. Seid

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145: Missionaries On My Nightstand

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144: Building Your Home Library: Must Have Books

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143: Dorothy Moore - A Cofounder of the Modern Homeschool Movement

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142: Creating a Family Culture of Loyalty and Love

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141: Give Your Children the Greatest Gift: Time Outside!

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140: What It Takes to Homeschool Successfully (From a Homeschool Dad)

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139: Better Late Than Early

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138: The Power of Parental Influence

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137: The Gift of Rest

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136: Creating a Joy-Filled Home

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135: Where Do I Start in the Preschool Years?

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134: One Step at a Time with Psalty and Psaltina

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133: Discipling Our Kids in a Divided Age with J.J. Seid (Part 2)

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132: Discipling Our Kids in a Divided Age with J.J. Seid (Part 1)

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131: The Miraculous Pitcher Read Aloud by Carole Joy Seid

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130: A Life-Changing Story from Ancient Greece

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129: Q&A on Ideas for Time Outside, Including Grandparents, and Learning a Second Language

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128: Women in the Wilderness

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127: Putting First Things First

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126: The Book of Acts for Today

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125: Keep It Simple, Sweetie!

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124: Creating a Visual History Timeline

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123: My Favorite Way to Teach Your Child to Read

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122: A Mother in Literature to Emulate

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121: Servants in the Pro-Life Movement

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120: Planning a Homeschool Year and Typical Day Q&A

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119: What's On My Nightstand (Two Must Read Books!)

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118: Robert of Sicily Read by Carole Joy Seid

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117: Q&A - Getting Dads Involved, Occupying Littles, and Keeping Screens at Bay

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116: Allowing Your Child to Pursue Their Own Interests

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115: The Enchanted Hour

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114: "The Nightingale" read by Carole Joy Seid

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113: A Truly Customizable Education

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112: A Dad-of-Eight's Perspective

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111: The Selfish Giant

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110: An Agrarian Poet

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109: An Easy Yoke

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108: The Heart of Worship for Children

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107: Growing into Leadership at Coldwater

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106: What's On My Nightstand - Children's Literature, Historical Fiction, and Much More

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105: A Children’s Window into Japan

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104: A World Class Illustrator

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103: The Lord Lifts Up the Humble

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102: God Calls a Father's Heart Home

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101: Building Family Culture

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100: From Homeschool to Standing for Christ at Stanford

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99: Better Late Than Early

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98: How to Make Your Kids Smarter

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97: How Bonding Forms Personhood

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96: Why You Don’t Need to Worry About Socialization

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95: Must Watch Movies for High School and College Students

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94: What Matters Most in the Preschool Years

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93: Surprised by Homeschooling

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92: Carole’s Christmas Stack

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91: The Keeping of a Covenant

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90: The History of The Wade Center with Marge Mead

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89: The Influence of C.S. Lewis on Spiritual Formation

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88: Sharing God’s Heart for the World with Dr. Jerry Root

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87: Parents, Work on Yourself with Kevin and Karen Miller

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86: Self-Care with Karen Miller

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85: Wide World of Children’s Literature

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84: Raising Shadrachs, Meshachs, and Abednegos with Chelsea Jacobs

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83: Adventuring with Greta Eskridge

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82: Engaging Current Events without Losing Hope with Rachel Reeves

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81: Part Two with Dr. Bill Sears - Screens, Salmon, and Sleep

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80: An Interview with Dr. Sears - How to Make Your Kids Smarter

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79: Books as Treasured Friends

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78: An Interview with Homeschool Veterans, Bruce and Sonya Manson

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77: Outdoor Play for Indoor Children

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76: Memorizing Scripture to Great Music

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75: Everything You Need to Know About History Timelines

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74: The Indispensable Among Us

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73: Preparing Children for the Real World

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72: Spiritual Formation in the Wilderness with Kevin Sutton

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71: Experiential Learning in the Wilderness with Kevin Sutton

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70: Leif Enger - A Masterful Weaver of Tales

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69: God's Troubadour

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68: What's On My Nightstand this Summer

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67: Barbara Cooney - The Queen of New England Folk Artists

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66: A Vacation in a Book

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65: How to Balance Screens with Ryan and Kristi Sorrels

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64: Environmental Hindrances to Learning: An Interview with a Mother Who Has Done Her Homework

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63: From Homeschool to Standing for Christ at Stanford

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62: Biblical Wisdom for the Transgender Moment

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61: Rumer Godden - A Weaver of Tales

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60: A Gifted Storyteller - Patricia St. John

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59: A Second Generation Homeschooling Mother

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58: Homeschool for High School

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57: Homeschooler to Rhodes Scholar

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56: More Simple Tools for Meeting with God

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55: Simple Tools for Meeting with God

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54: Dance to Be Smart and Healthy

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53: God’s Way is Always Best with Jani Ortlund

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52: Pilates Exercise for Optimal Health with Lauren Wilson

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51: The Wild Rides of the Abernathy Boys

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50: Literature Sparked Their Creativity with Laura Baker

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49: Mentoring a Mom of Eight with Kara Beck

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48: John Stott

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47: What's On the Bookcase in My Kitchen

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46: Irresistible Innocence - The Books of Marguerite de Angeli

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45: Return to Our First Love

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43: A Shelter in the Time of Storm

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42: A Literary Giant, Part 2

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40: Preschool at Home

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39: A Literary Giant, Part 1

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38: Treasured Christmas Books

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37: An About Face

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36: Dorothy Moore - A Life Well Lived

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35: How to Make Your Children Lovers of Music

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34: Navigating Screens with Brett and Erin Kunkle, Part 2

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33: Navigating Screens with Brett and Erin Kunkle, Part 1

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32: Vera's Story

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31: On Socialization with a Mom of Eight

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30: Classic Films You Can’t Let Your Teens Leave Home without Watching

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29: What's On My Nightstand

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28: God Likes You!

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27: Making Children Lovers of Art

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26: Sarah Edwards

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25: Hope When Bonds are Broken

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24: How Bonding Forms Personhood

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23: Edith Schaeffer

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22: Elizabeth Goudge

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21: Mary Slessor of Calabar

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20: Henrietta Mears

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19: Better Late Than Early

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18: A Modern Day Amy Carmichael - Part 2

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17: A Modern Day Amy Carmichael - Part 1

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16: On Spiritual Mothering

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14: The Power of Wilderness with Kevin Sutton of Coldwater Foundation

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13. And Then There Were Six with Bob and Linda Sarna

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12. Amy Carmichael

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11. Teaching Children God's Design for Human Sexuality with Dr. Stanton and Brenna Jones

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10: Building a Home Library - Children's Books

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9. Building a Home Library - The Inner Sanctum

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8: Building a Home Library - Must-Have Books

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7: Ruth Bell Graham - A Woman of Prayer and the Word

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6. The Power of Biography with Dr. Lyle Dorsett

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5: What's On My Nightstand

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4: Not Your Typical Homeschool Parents with Ryan and Kristy Sorrels

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3. Corrie Ten Boom

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2. On Starting to Homeschool with a Mom of Four

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1: Introducing the Homeschool Made Simple Podcast